The Book: Its Printers, Illustrators and Binders from Gutenberg to the Present Time with a Treatise on the Art of Collecting and Describing Early Printed Books and a Latin - English and English - Latin Topographical Index of the Earliest Printing Places
by Bouchot Henri
- Used
- poor
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Poor
- Seller
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edinburgh, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: H. Grevel & Co, 1890. First British Edition . Hardcover. Poor. Hardback. Lacks part of the spine and therefore a reading/working copy only. Top edge gilt. Pp.xv,383. Contains 172 facsimiles of early typography, book illustrations, printers' marks, bindings, numerous borders, initials, head and tail pieces and a frontispiece.
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- Bookseller
- Blacket Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12545
- Title
- The Book: Its Printers, Illustrators and Binders from Gutenberg to the Present Time with a Treatise on the Art of Collecting and Describing Early Printed Books and a Latin - English and English - Latin Topographical Index of the Earliest Printing Places
- Author
- Bouchot Henri
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First British Edition
- Publisher
- H. Grevel & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1890
- Keywords
- Book Book-Collecting
- Bookseller catalogs
- The Arts;
Terms of Sale
Blacket Books
Payment should be made in advance either by credit card (Mastercard, Visa, Delta, Maestro or Switch), or by UK � Sterling cheque, or through Paypal. Cheques should be made payable to E. Laing. Postage and packing will be charged extra. Any book may be returned within 14 days. We will refund the full original order amount and, if there has been a misdescription on our part, we will also refund any reasonable refund shipping cost.
About the Seller
Blacket Books
Biblio member since 2005
edinburgh
About Blacket Books
Blacket Books is the business name of Liz and Ian Laing, who have been selling second-hand and antiquarian books since 1985. We are general booksellers but with some emphasis on Scottish, military and childrens books, and modern first editions. We are members of the Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (PBFA) and sell at book fairs throughout Scotland and the north of England. Our aim is to offer for sale worthwhile, collectable books at reasonable prices.
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- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...